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FIRE PLACE.

No. 310,882. Patented Janyzo, 18-86.

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FIRE PLACE.

Patented Jan. 20. 1885.

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EPBCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,882, dated January 20, 1885..

Application filed March 2-7, 18:34. (No model.)

Io all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM OROOK, a subject of the Queen of England, residing at Salisbury, England, have invented new and useful Improvemcntsin Fire-Places, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is designed for economy and other advantages chieliy in domestic grates, stoves, ranges, &c., although it is applicable to almost any kind of heating apparatus having a fender, and by it I am enabled to bring the heat more forward into the room, and nearer to the floor, so as to more effectually warm the feet than can be accomplished by the ordinary stoves, &c., especially when fixed in the wall of the room.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of an open stove embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is asectional plan upon line 3 .0', Fig. 2, and Fig. 4. is an enlarged sectional view of fender. Fig. 5 is an alternative arrangement of the same. Fig. 6 shows the application to a kitchener or close range. and Fig. 7 is a sectional plan of same.

A is the fire place or grate; B, the lining, of lire-clay or equivalent; 0, the flue, which extends from the top of the lining 3 downwardly behind it, coming out in front at or near the floor-level, and to one side of the grate A.

In the drawings, the grate A is shown raised from the floor-level, butit can be placedlower down, if desired. D is the fender, plain or ornan'iental, which is hollow, so as to form the flue D. This is connected in any suitable manner with the flue G at one end, its other end being similarly connected with the rising flue E at the other side of the grate, as is clearly shown in the drawings. The flue E is carried upward, as shown, and has its exit into It is provided with a damper, E, so that the draft can be regulated from the front.

tion which the products of combustion take. The fender D is, by preference, formed as shown in section in Fig. 4, so as to havethe open space F closed by the back H immediately above the floor, into which the cold air The arrows show the direc- I which is being drawn toward the fire will rush, driving out the air which has previously entered and becomeheated, thus providing a barrier of heated air, which rises up in front of the fire and tends to check the supply of cold air to the fire, and to make the combustion slower, and therefore to economize the consumption of fuel. The combustion may be further regulated by means of the damper E. Feet D are provided, if desired, and to facilitate the circulation of air through the space F a diaphragm, D, can, if desired, be employed. In cheap fenders, however, the space F maybe dispensed with, and in any case the use of the diaphragm D is optional. The ordinary register or lid, G, may be used, so as to enable the chimney to be easily swept in the usual manner, and the fender D should be movable, so that it can easily be removed and the flue D cleaned at any time with an ordinary flue-brush. \Vhen the lender is removed, the flues O and E can be easily cleaned with a flue-brush at the same time. The feudor D is by preference placed as low down as possible, so as to serve for warming peoples feet, and also for warming the air of the room as low down as may be.

I do not bind myself in the matter of mate rials, but for common purposes castiron is perhaps as good and cheap as anything for the fender.

The application to kitchen or close ranges is clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the arrows indicating the course taken by the products of combustion from the fire, round one oven, through the fender-flue, and round the other oven to the chimney. The damper No. 2 would stop the heat off the second oven and fender-flue, the damper No. 1 being drawn if the first oven only required heating. The boiler-damper No. 3 serves the usual purpose and is used in the usual manner.

. The fender-flue may be utilized for heating thereof, and extending out to the front at the phregm D forming a space, whereby the cirhottom, the hollow fender connecting thereculation of air to the fire is facilitated, subwith,having deflectorHand diaphragmDfla-nd stztntially as and in the manner described.

the flue E, for carrying off the products of comt .VVILLIAM GROOK. bustion, substantially as described. l \Vitnesses:

2. The combination, with the hollow fend- ALFRED J. BOULT, or having the back ol'deflector H, of the dirt BERNHARD DUKES. 

